Samui Island, Thailand

Samui is an island in the Gulf of Thailand.  We were planning to stay there for few days before going to Myanmar.  But we met Denis and Dasha, and all our plans changed.  Denis and Dasha are from Russia, they moved to the island few months ago.  They accepted our couchsurfing request.  They even let us sleep on their bed, while they slept on the floor in the living room.  Denis and Dasha had plans to go to India for a couple of months, so we rented their house for a month.  We also rented a scooter and bought monthly yoga passes at Absolut Sanctuary retreat.

    

Every day we went to yoga twice.  In the morning, there was a meditation session just before the beginner class.  Alicia from Spain was teaching the morning class.  The afternoon class was taught by Jana from Germany.  We loved the whole yoga experience.  We could feel much better after each class.  We were becoming more flexible, stronger and more peaceful.  We even stopped eating meat.  We were stopping at the market almost every day to buy fresh fruit: bananas, papayas, mangos, watermelons, pineapples, dragon fruits and langoustines.  We made our favorite shake from bananas, papayas and coconut milk, which we drank almost every day.  We ate a lot of eggs, too.  It was a joy to have a kitchen.  Thai food has way too much sugar for my taste.  They add it to every dish.  While in Samui, we even stopped drinking coffee.  We were waking up at 6AM on our own, so we did not really need it anymore.


The life in Samui was simple and very enjoyable.  Every place has different effect on people.  Samui made us healthier and happier.